The war is over. Danger has passed. Cara Kayrs is healed after decades of illness and ready for a break.

Too bad her brooding, alpha vampire husband can’t seem to change gears. In their twenty-five years together Talen Kayrs has learned to sense every shiver of her body, to ignite her desire with a word or a look. She would think he could learn she’s not some fragile damsel in distress.

But Talen is on edge, watching their backs, treating her like she’s made of glass. Like there’s something following them, a deadly threat that somehow none of their intelligence has uncovered. It’s enough to drive a woman crazy, and Talen has plenty of those tendencies already.

But what’s even more maddening is that he seems to be right . . .

Librarian Note: This novella is also included in 'Wicked Burn (Realm Enforcers, #3)

Talen by Rebecca Zanetti

A quick, entertaining, and intense jaunt into the Dark Protector world. Just when you really get into Cara's excursion into dangerous world she's been protected from since her mating to Talen ends way to soon for me. I really wished it was longer...what can I say, I eat up every story from the Dark Protector world and TALEN Kayrs story was no different.

It was great to see Cara show what she is made of outside the lab with her son and her husband by her side and boy does Cara and her husband know how to set the pages on fire even after all these years of mating.

I received this ARC copy of Talen from Kensington Books - Lyrical Press. This is my honest and voluntary review. Talen is set for publication June 6, 2017.